My name is Mat, and I'm very new to these forums, so if this is in the wrong area or if there's something else I need to know, please tell me, but here is the gist:

I and several friends of mine are very interested in in visiting Sullivan Cave after we found a map and description of it in an old "Caves of Indiana" book from the 1970s. After doing some Googling and reading a little about the IKC and what is required to gain access to the cave, I wanted to try to find a possible Grotto in our general area (Scott County, IN) that we maybe could meet up with and hopefully find a guide who has been there before that would be willing to take us through so we could experience some of the best things that Sullivan has to offer. Any and all information and help will be appreciated, but a guide and someone with a little more intimate knowledge of the IKC and permit requirements that we could speak to about gaining access is what we're really hoping for right now. And maybe a more modern map that isn't hand drawn in a book from the 70s.

Not sure if this helps but The Eastern Indiana Grotto is leading a trip into Sullivans this Saturday (24th) . The leaders of this trip are very familiar with the cave as a couple of them have made recent trips all the way back to the rise. The rise trip is over 6 miles. Scout trip will not go back that far as wetsuits are normally required.

It only takes one person to surrender a dog to a kill shelter ,but it takes many to rescue it.

No dives as far as I know have ever been attempted in this cave. I was wondering why it was on this link. This cave is just under 10 miles long and most of it is stream passage with large rooms above the stream . A true Indiana Classic.

It only takes one person to surrender a dog to a kill shelter ,but it takes many to rescue it.

Actually, Forrest, there is a dive at the far upstream section and IIRC one attempt has been made but the logistics of humping gear that far (several miles) makes it a major expedition to do so.

Anyway, Mat, we are doing monthly gas monitoring in there, typically on Thursday evenings, and depending on where you are (local or out of town), you and your friends (depending on how many) could tag along on one of our trips. PM me if you are interested.

On a trip to the Rise (the sump area) we had found a dive weight. We asked Sam Frushour about it and he said (version I remember from several years ago) that he went with a diver to the Rise long ago and during the long trip back there they bumped the knob for the regulator so they lost most or all of the air. He said, if I recall correctly something like "it probably saved his life due to the visibility". That water is pretty murky at the Rise...